EDC 102H F12 2012-11-12

Goal: Explore Issues Related to National and Local Reform Efforts

Today's Agenda

• If you have a chance later: Listen to this NPR news story about academic struggle in US vs Asian classrooms.
  • Does this relate at all to your own school experiences?
  • How do you see "academic struggle?"
  • Do the conclusions of this story connect at all with what you are learning about school reform efforts?
• What have we learned about school reform from Ravitch's book? RI's efforts to reform schools?
  • Our original ideas about the goals and roles that schools and teachers play?
  • What are Ravitch's main concerns?
  • What aspects of schools the targets of RI's main efforts?
• PKB Study: An opportunity to explore technological tools to augment successful study habits.
  • Consent forms
  • Magic Pens

Homework

• Read: Ravitch, Ch 11 (pp 223-242) (Add/Refine shared notes here)
• Don't forget to complete a Peer Editor Evaluation